What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

• My friend plans on it mainly for gaming, primarily Planetside 2. he's tired of 30 people fights turning into 3 fps.

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

• Between $300 and $400, hopefully closer to $300.

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

• Within a month, but if there are good deals on some parts, he can buy some early. He has $250 he can put towards it right now.

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (Tower/OS/monitor/keyboard/mouse/etc)

• We only need the tower, we have an OS and he has necessary peripherals.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

• Arizona, USA. We have fry's electronics in our area.

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

• He upgraded a kind of shitty pc his family has a bit ago. So he has 6gb of RAM and a PSU as well as a 1TB HDD. He has a keyboard and mouse, mouse and monitor.

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

• No plans to do so.

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

• An SSD for the OS if can fit in the budget. (He tells me this is completely optional)

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-tower/full-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

• "Just not white."

Do you need a copy of Windows 7 or 8.1 included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference for one or the other?

• We have a copy of windows 8.1 for install.

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